Game Thread: (12/8) Lady Vols 64 - Alabama 74

#76
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travis929 said:
Prior to that rough 4-game stretch, the LVs were pretty consistently outperforming the projected spread - and they got back on track with that against Mizzou and Vandy. Projections for tonight with rankings by those services:
- Massey: LV (#11) 71, Bama (#70) 64
- RealTimeRPI: LV (#4) 70, Bama (#125) 64
- Her Hoop Stats: LV (#21) 71, Bama (#57) 66

Not a lot of deviation among those predicted scores!
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UT wins this one going away by 15 or more....prob more.
 
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Rooster1 said:
You are correct, the shoulder to shoulder thing is taught in Junior High and by the time you get to Div I WBB, the player guarding the screener (usually bigger than the BH) will pull a switch with the BH's defender and close that down immediately or fairly quickly if they are good/athletic. Then the BH needs elite handles/moves to create space against a bigger defender to get their shot off, or if they are really good, get the ball back to the screener going to the rim versus the smaller player. Elite level BH's do this fluidly, but average BH's get caught up in traffic against an athletic and bigger player and the results are often less than spectacular.

Shoulder to shoulder technique on the screen in college just means a good defender switches faster and rubs it out on the backside with a height advantage often. It works well in JH and HS, but in DI WBB the screen is often just a lead into a back door (see Uconn) pass or if the BH is elite, allows the BH to create their own shot off of a bigger less athletic player (see PB, Clarke etc, basically requires a skilled player at creating their own space against a taller defender).

Otherwise you just see screens being done all the time with little effect and fans complaining they are doing the screen wrong (not cutting hard enough etc) which is wrong.
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I'm not a big fan of switching because it makes it too easy for the offense to get the mismatch that they want. (Although the men's team almost exclusively switches and it works out ok for them.) I prefer the screener defender to create the space needed for the BH defender to fight over the screen. That way the screen is defeated and has not given the offense any advantage. Occasionally I like a called trap on the BH coming off the screen. You want to put that possibility in their hear for the rest of the game.

Coach Harper prefers that her defense fight through screens and not switch. IMO this is the superior strategy because you wouldn't want a PG getting matched up on Key or an elite playmaker matched up on Darby because you called a switch.
 
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Rooster1 said:
You are correct, the shoulder to shoulder thing is taught in Junior High and by the time you get to Div I WBB, the player guarding the screener (usually bigger than the BH) will pull a switch with the BH's defender and close that down immediately or fairly quickly if they are good/athletic. Then the BH needs elite handles/moves to create space against a bigger defender to get their shot off, or if they are really good, get the ball back to the screener going to the rim versus the smaller player. Elite level BH's do this fluidly, but average BH's get caught up in traffic against an athletic and bigger player and the results are often less than spectacular.

Shoulder to shoulder technique on the screen in college just means a good defender switches faster and rubs it out on the backside with a height advantage often. It works well in JH and HS, but in DI WBB the screen is often just a lead into a back door (see Uconn) pass or if the BH is elite, allows the BH to create their own shot off of a bigger less athletic player (see PB, Clarke etc, basically requires a skilled player at creating their own space against a taller defender).

Otherwise you just see screens being done all the time with little effect and fans complaining they are doing the screen wrong (not cutting hard enough etc) which is wrong.
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Rooster, there's this one phrase you used that's a little problematic...
 
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#82
When I have time, I like to check the box scores and game logs before a Tennessee basketball game, men's or women's. Not tonight. Tonight's for living dangerously. The only thing I know is that Alabama is 12-11 and that means we ought to win. Of course, I also know Auburn was 8-9 when they played us, so tonight's gonna be one of those "Tennessee please" games in the first half. Low turnovers, make the layups. Tennessee please. Put this one away early.
 
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#83
Voltopia said:
When I have time, I like to check the box scores and game logs before a Tennessee basketball game, men's or women's. Not tonight. Tonight's for living dangerously. The only thing I know is that Alabama is 12-11 and that means we ought to win. Of course, I also know Auburn was 8-9 when they played us, so tonight's gonna be one of those "Tennessee please" games in the first half. Low turnovers, make the layups. Tennessee please. Put this one away early.
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If the Lady Vols are to be taken seriously, they need to put away the teams they are supposed to.
 
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LV renaissance said:
If I remember correctly, it was one of a long serves of games that we struggled for most of game and then dominated towards the end. Greedily. I wish for a game where we dominate throughout. My nerves need a break 🙄
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You’re correct. We led by 1 at the end of three then outscored them 24-7 in the fourth to win 62-44. It definitely was t easy.
 
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This is another game we can’t take of granted. If we do, we could easily end up on the short end of the stick. We need to keep our wits about us play as error free as possible. We need to make a high percentage of our free throws. We need to see the Dye we saw the second half of the Arkansas game, Burrell needs to play within herself, we need to set picks for Darby to shot threes, Horston needs to be solid, Key needs to make the easy shots, Puckett needs to be Puckett, and Walker needs to shoot when she is open. Most of all we need to
Attack the boards on both ends of the court. Whatever we do, we need to make wise subbing choices.
 
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Voltopia said:
When I have time, I like to check the box scores and game logs before a Tennessee basketball game, men's or women's. Not tonight. Tonight's for living dangerously. The only thing I know is that Alabama is 12-11 and that means we ought to win. Of course, I also know Auburn was 8-9 when they played us, so tonight's gonna be one of those "Tennessee please" games in the first half. Low turnovers, make the layups. Tennessee please. Put this one away early.
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Early and often!
 
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uh oh. Ugly start on the road again. 1 minute in lol.

Gotta sort it out. Gotta give a ball fake. Hard to convince me they are working on the TOs with the way we pass sometimes.
 
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